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Poster Presentations 2008 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Montreal, Canada POSTER SESSIONS AT A GLANCE FRIDAY, 25 JULY, Poster Session I POSTER PRESENTER(S) POSTER TITLE # 1 C Spencer HerpNET: A Global Virtual Museum of Geospatial Data for Herpetological Collections 2 R Sekonyela Evolutionary relationships of the frog genus Callulops (Anura, Microhylidae) Multiple cryptic species and/or frequent gene introgression? A tale from three high elevation Tibetan 3 J Fu megophryid frogs 4 C Stephen Phylogenetic Analysis of the Iguaninae 5 T Gamble Into the light: Opsin evolution and multiple origins of diurnality in geckos Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms reveal population structuring and long distance dispersal in 6 A Geneva New Caledonian insular gecko species (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) Phylogeography of the imperiled Redtail Splitfin (Xenotoca eiseni) in Mexico: Implications for taxonomy and 7C Kenway - SI conservation Genetic structure in epigean population of Astyanax mexicanus at Mexican Atlantic slope and some 8 F Garcia biological data in blind forms An mtDNA phylogeny of the subfamily Amphistichinae sheds light on anal fin color polymorphism in the 9 M Westphal silver surfperch, Hyperprosopon ellipticum 10 P Chakrabarty Revision of the Photoplagios leuciscus Günther,1860 Species Complex New species of Leporinus Spix (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from rio Curuá, Iriri-Xingu basin, at Serra do 11 J Birindelli Cachimbo, Brazil 12 T Cavender Construction Of A Cyprinid Prototype 13 K Conway Evolution of the spinous dorsal- and anal-fin rays of cyprinine fishes (Ostariophysi: Cyprinidae: Cyprininae) 14 R Duplain Taxonomic Revision of the Flatfish Genus Trinectes (Achiridae; Pleuronectiformes) Two new species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the rio Paranaíba and rio Grande, 15 C Zawadzki upper rio Paraná basin, Central Brazil Progress in Molecular Systematics and Inference of Reproductive Evolution of Characid Fishes (Teleostei: 16 R Javonillo Ostariophysi) 17 C Kenaley Exploring lightfish (Teleostei: Stomiiformes) relationships: a neuroanatomical approach 18 R Broughton Assembling the Euteleost Tree of Life 19 R Mayden A Preliminaryyppp Revision Of The Dionda episcopa Complex Higher-level Relationships of the Cypriniformes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi) Inferred from 238 Whole 20 M Miya Mitochondrial Genome Sequences 21 C McMahan Systematics of the Enigmatic Middle American Genus Vieja (Teleostomi: Cichlidae) 22 R Mooi Exploring Gobioid Phylogeny Using Morphology – Not a Lost Cause DeepFin Research Coordination Network Update: News and Opportunities to Build the Tree of Life of 23 G Orti Fishes Shape Analysis and Systematic Status of the Blenny Darter, Etheostoma blennius, a Percid Fish from the 24 M Burns Tennessee River Drainage Interrelationships And Historical Biogeography of Cypriniform Fishes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi): 25 K Saitoh Evidences from Mitochondrial Genomics Placed Familial/Subfamilial Branching and Intercontinental Exchanges Older Than Fossil Records Evolution of herbivory in a carnivorous clade of minnows (Teleostei: Cyprinidae): effects on gut structure 26 D German - SI and function A morphological investigation into a potential new species of Moxostoma (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) 27 M Davis from the Kansas River basin Phylogenetic Relationships of Labeonini (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) Inferred from Four Nuclear and Three 28 L Yang Mitochondrial Loci Clarification of the Lycodes diapterus species complex (Perciformes: Zoarcidae), with comments on the 29 J Orr subgenus Furcimanus 30 C O'Connell Evaluation of a Magnetic Barrier on Juvenile Negaprion brevirostris: Preliminary Results 31 M Blanco-Parra - C Description of the banded guitarfish reproductive tract and embryos development Identification by video surveillance of species-specific bait manipulation by lemon sharks, Negaprion 32 M Bond brevirostris and its influence on capture susceptibility 33 S Brown Diet Composition of Four Abundant Skate Species of the Gulf of Alaska A validation for the use of fin photographs for individual identification of white sharks (Carcharodon 34 T Chapple carcharias) off California and a comparison between two analysis methods 35 J Dickson - C Three Dimensional Escape Response in the White-spotted Ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei Demographics and Habitat Partitioning of Elasmobranchs in Port Royal Sound, South Carolina: 36 M Evans Preliminary Results 37 J Fry - C Preliminary results on the life hisotr of four Bering Sea Skate Species, Genera Bathyraja and Rhinoraja Assessing the Ultrastructure of the Elasmobranch Retina: The Application of Microwave and High Pressure 38 B Harahush - C Freezing Techniques 39 D Kacev - C Length Based Population Dynamics Analysis of Mako Sharks on the West Coast of North America 40 A Piercy - C Maternal influences on embryonic condition and the occurrence of runts in viviparous sharks Applying An Individual-Based Modeling Approach To Address Potential Impacts Of Habitat Loss In A 41 K Stump Lemon Shark Nursery C = CARRIER AES SI = STORER ICHTHYOLOGY 34 2008 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Montreal, Canada POSTER SESSIONS AT A GLANCE FRIDAY, 25 JULY, Poster Session I POSTER PRESENTER(S) POSTER TITLE # Mineralization of Meckel’s Cartilage in the Shark, Squalus acanthias: Histological Observations and the 42 D Smith Role of Mechanical Stress 43 P Kyne Mobula japanica (Müller & Henle, 1841) in Australian Waters Morphological variation in the dwarf round ray Urotrygon nana (Miyake & McEachran, 1988) from the Gulf 44 A Guzman Castellanos of Tehuantepec, Mexico Target-Training in the Brownbanded Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) and Nurse Shark 45 S Albrecht (Ginglymostoma cirratum) 46 M Santos Histology of Lateral Line in Embryos of Potamotrygon motoro (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) 47 K Tribuzy Using Fuzzy Model to Age Estimation of Freshwater Stingrays Species from Rio Negro Basin, Brazil 48 D Bernal In-vivo Muscle Dynamics Of Thresher Sharks During Sustained Swimming 49 F Carvalho Ecology of three Elasmobranch species in the Atol das Rocas Biological Reserve, off Northeast Brazil Diet of the Freshwater Stingray Potamotrygon motoro (Potamotrygonidae) in the Brazilian Amazon River 50 P Charvet-Almeida Channel 51 T Curtis Management of Skate Fisheries off the Northeastern United States 52 W Duncan Functional Morphology of the gills of Amazonian Freshwater Stingrays (Elasmobranchii: Potamotrygonidae) 53 V Faria Elasmobranch fisheries off Northeastern Brazil, Western Equatorial Atlantic Dentition of the Southern thorny skate, Amblyraja doellojuradoi (Pozzi, 1935): Qualitative Analysis And 54 D Figueroa Anomalies Age And Growth Of The Silky Shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, On The West Coast of Baja California Sur, 55 J Sanchez-de Ita Mexico 56 C Estupiñan-Montaño Feeding Habits Of The Scalloped Hammerhead Sphyrna lewini, In Ecuadorian Pacific 57 F Hazin Ecological aspects of the whale shark (Rhincodon typus) at Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil 58 F Hogan Age validation of little skate and winter skate using tetracycline marking at both egg and adult stages NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Elasmobranch Tagging Management System: One Database 59 L Hollensead to Bind Them All Age and growth estimates for the smallnose fanskate, Sympterygia bonapartii in the south-west Atlantic 60 J Jañez and derived from captive born. 61 T Lisney The Visual Biology Of Holocephalans: A Review Reproductive biology of the Pacific sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon longurio (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882), in 62 L Mejía-Salazar the Mexican Pacific Ocean 63 S Melo Paratrygon aiereba (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) Fisheries at Purus River, Brazil Population genetic patterns among phenotypically divergent thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) populations 64 D Ostrow from the western Gulf of Maine 65 G Rincon Reproductive Aspects of the “Mariquita” Stingray, Dasyatis marianae, of the Northeast Brazil 66 A Shibuya Comparative study of prey capture mechanisms in freshwater and marine stingrays Re-examination Of Growth Rates Of Female Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) From Two Different Populations 67 A Ubeda From The Eastern Gulf of Mexico Based On Tag-Recapture Data 68 K Weng Migration of a High Trophic Level Predator, the Salmon Shark, Between Distant Ecoregions The Brain of Mobula japanica (Spinetail Devilray, Myliobatiformes, Elasmobranchii) in Gross Morphological 69 C Ari and Ecological Perspectives Preliminary study on the age and growth of the spinetail mobula, Mobula japanica, (Müller and Henle, 70 E Cuevas-Zimbron 1941), with comments on its vertebral column structure. Abundance, Seasonal Occurrence, And Biological Information Of Devil Rays (Batoidea:Mobulidae) In The 71 F Galván-Magaña Gulf Of California, Mexico Oceanic Conditions, Chlorophyll-a and Zooplankton; Exploring the Reasons for Seasonal Migrations of 72 K Townsend Manta birostris in Southern Queensland Waters. Using Paired-Laser Photogrammetry for Measuring Manta Ray (Manta birostris) Sizes. Are Maui’s Mantas 73 M Deakos Horizontally Challenged? 74 K Kumli Photo-Identification of the Manta Ray, Manta birostris, in the Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico 75 M de Rosemont Manta Polynesia Research & Protect 76 T Clark Sixteen Years of Photo-Identification of Hawaiian Manta Rays (Manta birostris) 77 A Marshall Cleaning Behaviour of a Photographically Identified Population of Manta Rays in Southern Mozambique 78 M Bennett The Reproductive Ecology of Manta birostris off Southern Mozambique 79 T Kashiwagi Population
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